Withdrawn children and their friends reported
lower friendship quality than did control children.
Although, sampling differences between the US and Dutch participants (i.e. there were no high school students in the US sample) might partly explain this result, it stil is remarkable, as previous Dutch studies showed that D / HH students do have
a lower friendship quality than hearing students [1], [8].
It might be that the mix of online and offline communication is the factor that D / HH students don't have
a lower friendship quality than hearing students.
Not exact matches
In return the families reap the rewards of a high -
quality preschool,
lower tuition, parenting support and long lasting
friendships.
But lots of
low - cost
friendships might mean lots of
lower quality friendships.
A lot of moviegoers still believe that
low quality CGI toon projects should get a pass because they're just «kid movies» but films like Wreck - It - Ralph remind us that superior animated pictures are more than just cheep gags and one - note cliches — considering the film puts a new spin on tried - and - true stories about
friendship and heroism.
Greater cell phone use has been associated with greater loneliness and poorer social skills than for those who have more face - to - face communication interactions.1 For example, a survey of over 3,400 North American girls aged 8 - 12 years old found that the more social media use, text messaging, and cell phone / video use the girls had, the more negative their social well - being (e.g., less healthy
friendships).2 Even among strangers, having a cell phone (vs. notepad) on a desk during a «get - to - know - you» conversation was related to less closeness and
lower relationship
quality after the discussion.
Boys, shy kids, kids with
lower quality friendships and those with
lower quality family relationships were more likely to indicate that their parents had the
lowest levels of parental knowledge.
Dyadic data analyses also revealed that when prosocial behavior was
low, aggression was negatively... related to
friendship quality.
Therefore, adolescents with a more problematic Internet use presented communication problems in peer interaction (Liu and Kuo 2007) and
low quality in
friendships (Harman et al. 2005).
Alternatively, given the correlational nature of the relevant analyses, the reverse effect might be plausible (if less likely, intuitively): good
friendship quality could lead to friends being more likely to meet in both online and face - to - face settings while
lower quality friendships could lead to meeting one another only in online or offline settings.
US participants with higher rates of offline
friendship quality showed
lower levels of life satisfaction.
When gossip between best friends was infrequent, the greater the anxious withdrawal the
lower the perceived positive
friendship quality, but this relation disappeared when gossip between best friends was of moderate or high frequency.
Results
Friendships with CF - peers were less common and lower quality than friendships with no
Friendships with CF - peers were less common and
lower quality than
friendships with no
friendships with non-CF peers.
Given the
lower rates of interactions with CF peers compared with non-CF peers, some forms of positive
friendship qualities focused on direct contact (e.g., companionship) may be more difficult to achieve for adolescents with CF.. This difficulty could be compounded for boys with CF, given their gender - normative reliance on
friendship qualities such as shared activities to a greater degree than more emotionally focused
friendship goals characteristic of female
friendships (e.g., Rose & Rudolph, 2006).
Results indicated higher
quality friendships and more teacher - perceived improvement for children whose buddies were
lower on antisocial behavior and whose parents were higher on compliance; however, corresponding improvements as perceived by counselors and parents were not obtained.50 These preliminary results suggest the need for more research examining the potential of
friendship interventions and the extent to which their success may relate to the characteristics of the children involved in the
friendship.
The authors explore the question further: If Jane knows that her credit scores will be affected by the «financial
quality» of her Facebook friends or Twitter followers, she would not accept deadbeat friend requests, but also reduce online
friendships with individuals of
lower socioeconomic status.